69novels Chapter 262 Encountering a Fire Calamity
Chapter 262 Encountering a Fire Calamity
Chapter 262 Encountering a Fire Calamity
Due to the obstruction of the Sha Wang River, not many hunters can actually reach the northern corner of Zhuoyuan.
This place can be described as fertile ground for demons, teeming with unknown dangers but also potentially containing rare resources that hunters are willing to risk everything for. According to information gathered before our arrival, the Flame Princess's aura resides in the central part of the northern corner of the Scorching Plains.
Zhuoyuan North Corner is shaped like a basin. Although the land appears flat at first glance, the terrain has been explored by predecessors. Therefore, the further you go into the middle of Zhuoyuan North Corner, the lower the terrain becomes. From the air, Zhuoyuan North Corner looks like a burning brazier, and the soil in the surrounding area is reddish-brown.
It is said that the central area of the northern corner of Zhuoyuan is a land burning with flames. There, the flames start from the cracked ground and look like scattered red wheat seedlings standing here and there. People without some resistance to flames cannot walk in that area.
The reason why the entire northern corner of the Scorching Plain can be called the "Huaxia Fire Basin" is very likely because a high-level fire is hidden beneath this Scorching Plain.
Even if this area is not caused by the Heavenly Fire Seed, such a special elemental land will surely give birth to many Spirit-level Fire Seeds, and may even give birth to Soul-level Fire Seeds.
As soon as Jiang Han and Mo Fan stepped onto this reddish-brown land, they could feel the scorching heat in the air. Both Jiang Han and Mo Fan had fire-type spirit seeds, while Zhang Xiaohou and Zhao Manyan, who had weak fire resistance, could only try to get as close as possible to the Swift Star Wolves to cool down.
The main reason is that it's cool around the Swift Star Wolf. As for why it's cool, you'll have to ask Xue Ling, who's perched on the Swift Star Wolf's head. To prevent Xin Xia and Ling Ling from being burned by the high temperature, Xue Ling, who's perched on the Swift Star Wolf's head, keeps releasing icy energy to counteract the high temperature in the air. The white water vapor produced by the two counteracting each other envelops the Swift Star Wolf.
As they advanced towards the northern corner of Zhuoyuan, Lingling, sitting on the back of the Swift Star Wolf, was flipping through the documents in her notebook while doing strange calculations. Suddenly, Lingling, sitting on the back of the Swift Star Wolf, shouted, "Stop! Zhang Xiaohou, Zhao Manyan, and Mo Fan, you guys run around and bury these things in the nearby soil."
"Lingling, did you underestimate Jiang Han?" Mo Fan couldn't help but say after seeing the four cone-shaped instruments Lingling took out of the bag.
"Go if you want, don't go if you don't. It's not like we're the ones looking for contracted beasts this time." Lingling said, then turned away and ignored Mo Fan.
Jiang Han and Lingling were both senior members of the team, one being the team's strongest firepower and the other the team's strategist. He couldn't afford to offend either of them, so he could only distribute the cone-shaped instrument in his hand to Zhao Manyan and Zhang Xiaohou for help.
The device Lingling gave them was strange, somewhat like a spinning top, but it was encased in metal and looked quite advanced.
"Isn't this an element detector? Lingling, you want to use this to test the element concentration in this area?" Zhang Xiaohou, as expected of someone from the Ministry of Defense, recognized the prop the moment he took the cone-shaped instrument.
Lingling sat on the sofa and said with a smile, "Before coming here, I had already learned about the habits of the Flame Princess from the book. They like to live in places where the concentration of flames is more than five times higher than normal."
"But when they are about to give birth to new life, in order to give the new life a strong fire awakening at birth, the Flame Princess mother will often reside in a place with a fire spirit seed. Therefore, if we can find a fire spirit seed, it means that we should not be far from the Flame Princess."
Mo Fan agreed with Lingling's words. After all, he had spent a lot of money on the Secret Scroll to lock down the area. From the Secret Scroll, Mo Fan learned that Yan Ji's living habits were fixed. This special elemental demon did not like to move around at will. And the spirit seed was very special. It could only be conceived in a region.
Therefore, finding the Flame Spirit Seed in this area will pinpoint the location of Flame Princess, which is the simplest and most direct way to find her. As for the Elemental Detector, Jiang Han has heard of it. This instrument is an excellent tool for finding spirit seeds or spirit seed fragments. With this, one can find spirit seeds or spirit seed fragments by measuring the elemental concentration in the air.
After burying the element detectors in the appropriate locations as Lingling requested, everyone became alert. The element detectors were essentially similar to the demon detectors, both attracting any idle demons in the vicinity.
Every time this detector is used, it is a fierce battle, and the decision is made based on the time required for the test. However, every year, a large number of hunter mages lose their lives because they do not control the time of using the detector well. Fortunately, the detection time of this elemental detector does not need to be too long, and Jiang Han and his group can retreat in advance before the demons swarm in like a tide.
The longer the element detector is buried underground, the larger the area it can collect. The larger the area, the greater the chance of finding spirit seeds. However, spirit seeds are often hidden under the soil. Without this long-term method of exploration, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. But using this method will lead to being besieged by demons.
"Let's head this way, hurry, some demons have already been attracted here," Lingling said.
After hearing Lingling's words, everyone began to pack up the element detectors they had placed. To speed things up, Jiang Han even went to help Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou. While Jiang Han was packing, Chen Ying excused herself to go to the toilet and temporarily left the group. She only came back from a distance after Jiang Han and the others finished packing. Whether she really went to the toilet or not, no one knew.
Just as Jiang Han was about to ask Lingling what Chen Ying had been doing, Zhang Xiaohou pointed in the direction they were heading and said, "Look, it looks like there's a fire ahead, and it's burning quite high."
Everyone looked in the direction Zhang Xiaohou was pointing, and they saw that the flames in the distance were indeed burning very high. However, there was an illusion that the flames were constantly expanding. Well, to everyone, that was an illusion. At first, when they saw the flames, they only saw a small cluster of flames in the distance, but gradually, the flames appeared to be like a continuous mountain range.
"You...don't you guys think they've gotten bigger again? I feel like those flames are going to reach the sky," Zhao Manyan said, looking at the undulating flames in the distance.
After Zhao Manyan reminded them, Jiang Han and the others looked closely and indeed saw that the fiery mountains were getting bigger and bigger.
"Damn it, this is a fire calamity, the calamity of the northern corner of the Scorched Plains! Run!!" Jiang Han shouted after regaining his senses.
"Hey, they're not getting bigger, they're moving this way!" Mo Fan couldn't help but shout.
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